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I’m back on the road. Every couple of days we get a new cargo plane to come in with supplies. Usually, it’s an Air Force C-17, but every now and then we get planes in from Volga-Dnepr, a Russian air transport contractor. Usually, the aircraft is one of their An-124 cargo planes, roughly equivalent to an a C-5 Galaxy. When we transport our helicopters overseas (not often) we use these aircraft, since they won’t fit in any American cargo planes.

I’ve been overseas now for three weeks. The temperature is not so bad… it’s gets up to about 85 during the days and down to the low 40’s at night when we fly. At least I’m not wearing 4 layers of clothes this time, so it’s much nicer. I have not had a chance to take many pictures, mostly because the only thing of interest is when we go fly, and we do that only at night, so there isn’t much to see. (On that note, if anyone can figure out a way for me to take pictures through my goggles without having to take my helmet off, that would be splendid.) I did get to spend the day at one of the Army’s forward operating bases, which was entertaining considering it was only for a day. I am glad to be back at our normal compound, though.